Dieter wrote:
unknown person wrote:
But they won't work for us:
after grabbing the SystemC sources (requires
registration and acceptance of license)
Why not? Is the license really bad? Something else?
My Linux system is built from source and from time to time I find that I
must register and/or accept the license to download open source software
-- you have to do that to get Java from Sun. This isn't a problem. If
there is a problem, it would be with the license.
IIUC, there isn't any license that isn't compatible with BSD/MIT.
BUT, IIUC, this is about the SystemC license for the TML library:
Subject to the terms of this Agreement, each Contributor hereby grants
to each Recipient a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license under
such Contributor's Copyright Rights to do the following:
use, reproduce, prepare Derivative works of, publicly display, publicly
perform and Distribute any Contributions of such Contributor and
Derivative works thereof; and
(b) use the know-how, information and knowledge embedded in the
Contribution, without any obligation to keep the foregoing confidential
so long as the Recipient does not otherwise violate this Agreement.
OSCI hereby grants to each Recipient a non-exclusive, worldwide,
royalty-free license under OSCI's Copyright Rights to use, reproduce,
prepare Derivative works of, publicly display, publicly perform and
Distribute the OSCI Documentation and any Derivative works thereof,
subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
I don't see any problem with that.
HOWEVER, this is a library. The rights to the library do not apply to
the output of a program compiled against library. The chip is output.
So, what is the problem??
--
JRT
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